Kaizer Chiefs players excited by Ernst Middendorp's arrival

While Amakhosi fans have not received their new coach with the best of optimism, the players appear to be relishing the new dawn

It might still be early days for Kaizer Chiefs' new coach Ernst Middendorp, but the players are certainly relishing the opportunity to work with him.

Amakhosi recently parted ways with Giovanni Solinas, less than six months after he began his tenure at Naturena.

However, with results not forthcoming and Chiefs having been eliminated from both the MTN8 and Telkom Knockout Cups, the Chiefs management had no other choice but to pull the trigger as both the Italian-born mentor and his assistant Patrick Mabedi were given the boot.

Nonetheless, Middendorp has subsequently returned to try and steer the Amakhosi ship in the right direction, and while not all the fans were pleased by the appointment, the players seem to be excited by the arrival of the German mentor.

“The coach has been here before, he won two or three cups here,” Chiefs’ veteran Bernard Parker was quoted as saying at a press conference held on Monday.